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Iran on the US #1: Trump’s Inauguration

January 30, 2017

President Trump’s inauguration provoked widespread interest from Iran’s media and across its political spectrum. Front pages covered everything from the President’s first days in office to how the First Lady provided a “light on [the] scary face of Trump.” Newspapers analyzed how the new U.S. administration might deal with the Islamic Republic, particularly the future of the 2015 nuclear deal. They focused heavily on the Inauguration Day protests and the Women’s Marches worldwide the next day. The implicit message was that the American political system had failed—and produced social unrest. “[Sixty] Cities in the World Start Riots against Trump,” one hardline paper declared. Below is a selection of newspaper covers with their translated headlines from the days leading up to and following the inauguration.

Tamashagaran

Photo: “White House Knight:

Trump Rises!

In Photo: New Controversy: Trump’s Remarks Were Similar to Those of the Villain of the Batman movie”

Aftab-e Yazd

In photo: “Melania; A Light on the Scary Face of Trump!

A Report on the Ways Melania Trump Is Different from Previous US First Ladies”

Payam-e Zaman

At the top: Iran VP: “JCPOA Prepared the Grounds for Working with the World”